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Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHutton issued his own statement declaring that the “Greens have been taken over by a cult”:They have abandoned the historic mission I believed they had when I founded the party, a mission to help bring about an ecologically sustainable world. Like all cults they are deeply authoritarian and don’t believe in freedom of speech.They should change the name of the party from the Greens to the Extreme Transgender Party.This decision reflects the Greens’ position as endorsed by its membership – that trans rights are non-negotiable human rights,

Search and rescue operation under way after group went over Dillon Falls on the Deschutes RiverOne person has died while two others remain missing after six people were swept down a waterfall in Oregon over the weekend.On Saturday, the Deschutes county sheriff’s office announced a multi-agency search and rescue operation after the group went over Dillon Falls on the Deschutes River west of Bend on Saturday afternoon. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/20/oregon-waterfall-accident Author : Maya Yang Publish date : 2025-07-20 20:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Legal advocates and attorneys general argue practice poses accountability issues and contributes to a climate of fearThe head of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) said on Sunday that he will continue allowing the controversial practice of his officers wearing masks over their faces during their arrest raids.As Donald Trump has ramped up his unprecedented effort to deport immigrants around the country, Ice officers have become notorious for wearing masks to approach and detain people, often with force. Legal advocates and attorneys general have argued that it poses accountability issues and contributes to a climate of fear. Continue reading... Source

Ballot heaps pressure on Shigeru Ishiba’s minority government after losing control of lower house in October Japan’s shaky ruling coalition is likely to lose control of the upper house, exit polls showed after Sunday’s election, potentially heralding political turmoil as a tariff deadline with the US looms.While the ballot does not directly determine whether prime minister Shigeru Ishiba’s minority government falls, it heaps pressure on the embattled leader, who also lost control of the more powerful lower house in October. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/20/apan-pm-election-result-exit-polls-predict-loss-of-upper-house Author : Reuters Publish date : 2025-07-20 15:20:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Groups say having access to funds cut off raise fears of wider attempt to silence voices speaking out about GazaAt least two grassroots pro-Palestine organisations in the UK have had their bank accounts frozen, raising fears about a wider attempt to silence voices speaking out about Gaza.Greater Manchester Friends for Palestine (GMFP) and Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), which both organise peaceful protests and vigils, have had access to their funds cut off indefinitely by Virgin Money and Unit Trust bank respectively. The Guardian understands a local PSC branch in England has also had its bank account frozen but was

Mwangi accused of ‘facilitation of terrorist acts’ during last month’s protests against government of William RutoRenowned Kenyan rights activist Boniface Mwangi is accused of “facilitation of terrorist acts” during protests that rocked the country last month, investigators said on Sunday, a day after he was arrested.At least 19 people were killed during the June 25 demonstration against President William Ruto’s government, which was itself called to pay tribute to victims of police violence at another major protest on the same date last year. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/20/arrested-kenyan-activist-boniface-mwangi-faces-terror-charges Author : Agence France-Presse in Nairobi Publish date : 2025-07-20 10:04:00

Syria struggling to contain sectarian clashes after forces intervene in fight between Bedouin and Druze fightersThe Druze are an Arabic-speaking religious minority in Syria, Lebanon, Israel and the occupied Golan Heights. They make up the majority of the population of the southern Sweida province in Syria. Many Druze who live in Israel are loyal to the Israeli state because of participation in the country’s military service.As my colleague William Christou notes in this story, the Druze have been negotiating with the Islamist-led authorities in Damascus since the fall of Bashar al-Assad in an attempt to achieve autonomy. Continue reading... Source

Rescue workers save 12 people with seven still missing after vessel overturns during sudden thunderstormA tourist boat capsized during a sudden thunderstorm in Vietnam on Saturday afternoon, killing 38 people and leaving seven others missing.The Wonder Sea boat was carrying 48 passengers and five crew members on a sightseeing the tour of Ha Long Bay, a popular destination for visitors, state media reported. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/19/dead-after-tourist-boat-capsizes-in-ha-long-bay-vietnam Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2025-07-20 05:22:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

New Coalition education spokesperson Jonathon Duniam says Peter Dutton policy to slash international enrolments not ‘as constructive as it could have been’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Coalition has walked away from its call for Australia to slash 80,000 international students from higher education institutions, with the opposition’s education spokesperson promising a more “sensitive” approach following the party’s crushing election defeat in May.During the federal election campaign, then opposition leader Peter Dutton claimed cutting foreign student numbers would free up more housing and rental opportunities. Dutton said

Jeremy Rockliff declared victory on Saturday night after his party secured 14 seats to Labor’s nine, but both are short of the 18 required for majority. Follow today’s news liveThe election of former journalist, and anti-salmon campaigner and independent Peter George to the Tasmanian parliament has been hailed as a reminder that independents are “a force to be reckoned with” by key backer Climate 200.A longtime ABC reporter and producer, George went to the election advocating for fiscal responsibility, anti-corruption, and environmental repair – particularly around salmon farming, after more than a million salmon died in a bacterium outbreak at

Andy Byron leaves startup Astronomer after he and Kristin Cabot were placed on leave over Jumbotron incidentThe married CEO who was filmed at a Coldplay concert in the US with his arms around his company’s HR head in a video that went viral has now resigned, the company Astronomer said on Saturday.In a post on Linkedin, the software startup said: “Andy Byron has tendered his resignation, and the Board of Directors has accepted.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/19/coldplay-couple-ceo-andy-byron-resigns Author : Guardian staff Publish date : 2025-07-19 20:03:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Police detained man, 33, on Saturday on suspicion of violent disorder and criminal damageA third person has been arrested after violent clashes outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Essex, police said.Eight police officers were injured in what started as a peaceful protest outside the Bell hotel in Epping on Thursday evening. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jul/19/third-person-arrested-after-violent-clashes-outside-essex-hotel-for-asylum-seekers Author : Nadeem Badshah Publish date : 2025-07-19 19:14:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Exclusive: Review of Home Office procedures ordered after ‘shambolic’ disciplinary process relating to Steve DannA Home Office investigation has found one of its most senior officials harassed and behaved inappropriately towards a female colleague, before being able to leave the civil service with an unblemished record after a “shambolic” disciplinary process.The case has caused such alarm in the department that the new permanent secretary, Antonia Romeo, has ordered an immediate review of complaints, conduct and disciplinary procedures to “ensure confidence in the integrity of the system”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/19/border-force-chief-who-suggested-game-of-naked-attraction-with-colleagues-was-able-to-leave-civil-service-with-unblemished-record Author : Pippa Crerar Political editor Publish date

Administration’s move to cut thousands of agency jobs will be devastating for US public health, union warnsThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Friday it is eliminating its research and development arm and reducing agency staff by thousands of employees. One union leader said the moves “will devastate public health in our country”.The agency’s office of research and development (ORD) has long provided the scientific underpinnings for the EPA’s mission to protect the environment and human health. The EPA said in May it would shift its scientific expertise and research efforts to program offices that focus on major issues such

Move seeks to quell controversy that has engulfed the administration since it said it would not release more files from Epstein’s sex trafficking caseAs Donald Trump tries to claim he was “not a fan” of Jeffrey Epstein, photos, videos and anecdotes paint a picture of their relationship, writes Adam Gabbatt:Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, has called for Barack Obama and former senior US national security officials to be prosecuted after accusing them of a “treasonous conspiracy” intended to show that Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential election win was due to Russian interference. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jul/19/donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-files-latest-news-wall-street-journal-ruper-murdoch-maga-us-politics Author

Gaza’s civil defence agency said ‘Israeli gunfire’ had killed 22 people at one site and four at anotherSyria’s interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa on Saturday renewed his pledge to protect minorities, after sectarian clashes left more than 700 people dead in the Druze-majority province of Sweida, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports.Sharaa said in a televised speech:The Syrian state is committed to protecting all minorities and communities in the country... We condemn all crimes committed. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jul/19/israel-gaza-war-syria-middle-east-latest-news-hamas-benjamin-netanyahu-hostages Author : Joe Coughlan Publish date : 2025-07-19 09:15:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Police allege the man was armed with a machete and knife on The Strand in Townsville’s North Ward on Saturday morningGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Queensland police service says officers have shot and killed a man in Townsville after they allege he moved towards them with a machete and a knife.Police were called to reports of a man armed with multiple weapons on The Strand and intersecting McKinley Street in Townsville’s North Ward just before 10am on Saturday, the QPS said.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/19/man-shot-dead-by-queensland-police-in-townsville-the-strand-ntwnfb

Withdrawal of USAID funds threatens decades of progress, say experts, with cuts to research and shortage of mosquito nets putting thousands at risk across the countryZimbabwe’s efforts to control malaria have been dealt a huge blow as experts say the disease has returned “with a vengeance” after US aid cuts, with 115 outbreaks recorded in 2025 compared with only one last year.The sharp rise in cases comes six months after Donald Trump halted critical funding for US research and national response programmes. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jul/19/health-malaria-mosquito-deaths-zimbabwe-trump-usaid-cuts-disease-control Author : Farai Shawn Matiashe Publish date : 2025-07-19 04:00:00 Copyright for

Three deputies who were killed were members of department’s arson explosives detail, according to sheriffAn explosion at a law enforcement training facility in Los Angeles has killed three people with the county sheriff’s department in the largest loss of life for the agency since 1857, the sheriff said on Friday morning.The three deputies who were killed were members of the department’s arson explosives detail said Robert Luna, the sheriff, at a press conference. Authorities were still working to notify relatives of the deceased, he said, and details on the circumstances around the explosion were limited. Continue reading... Source link :

Families of victims sued Activision and Meta, saying the companies bear responsibility for products used by gunmanA lawyer for the maker of the video game Call of Duty argued Friday that a judge should dismiss a lawsuit brought by families of the victims of the Robb elementary school attack in Uvalde, Texas, saying the contents of the war game are protected by the first amendment.The families sued Call of Duty maker Activision and Meta Platforms, which owns Instagram, saying that the companies bear responsibility for products used by the teenage gunman. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/18/call-of-duty-case-texas-school-shooting Author : Associated

Scores of Venezuelans deported by US to El Salvador repatriated as Marco Rubio hails return of AmericansVenezuela released 10 jailed Americans on Friday in exchange for getting home scores of migrants deported by the United States to El Salvador months ago under the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.The resolution represents a diplomatic achievement for the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, helps Donald Trump in his goal of bringing home Americans jailed abroad and lands El Salvador a swap that it had proposed months ago. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/18/prisoner-swap-americans-freed-venezuela-el-salvador Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2025-07-18 20:44:00 Copyright for syndicated

Long-acting contraceptives will not be sent abroad to women in need, a move costing US taxpayers $167,000The Trump administration has decided to destroy $9.7m worth of contraceptives rather than send them abroad to women in need.A state department spokesperson confirmed that the decision had been made – a move that will cost US taxpayers $167,000. The contraceptives are primarily long-acting, such as IUDs and birth control implants, and were almost certainly intended for women in Africa, according to two senior congressional aides, one of whom visited a warehouse in Belgium that housed the contraceptives. It is not clear to the

Proposal heads to president’s desk to be signed after party-line vote was delayed by Jeffrey Epstein controversyHouse Republicans passed Donald Trump’s funding cut proposal just after midnight on Friday – clawing back $9bn in federal dollars.The vote was split on party lines, 216-213, with two Republicans, Mike Turner of Ohio and Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, opposing the package alongside all Democrats. The proposal will now go to the president’s desk to be signed and codified. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/17/house-republicans-rescissions Author : Chris Stein in Washington Publish date : 2025-07-18 15:37:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked

Avon and Somerset police say they are ending investigation into rap group on grounds of insufficient evidenceKneecap will face no further action over their Glastonbury performance last month, Avon and Somerset police have said.In a statement, the force said: “An investigation has been carried out into comments about a forthcoming court case made during Kneecap’s performance at Glastonbury festival on Saturday 28 June. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jul/18/kneecap-no-further-action-glastonbury-performance-police Author : PA Media Publish date : 2025-07-18 13:02:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Move comes as president finally says he will seek release of grand jury testimony over caseTrump requests release of grand jury Epstein transcriptsA federal judge on Friday could deal another blow to Donald Trump’s attempts to limit birthright citizenship, even though a US Supreme Court decision last month made it more difficult for lower courts to block White House directives, Reuters reports.A group of Democratic attorneys general from 18 states and the District of Columbia will urge US District Judge Leo Sorokin at a hearing in Boston at 10am ET Friday to maintain an injunction he imposed in February that